A Rasch and Factor Analysis of a Paramedic Graduate Attribute Scale

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-168

  Williams, Brett ^a   Onsman, Andrys ^a   Brown, Ted ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

factor analysis; graduate attributes; higher education; paramedics; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861837542     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278711407314     Document Type: Article

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